LEGO beer-pouring robot controlled by iPhone
Am I a beer geek, or a geek who loves beer? Both, I guess.
Here’s an interesting mash-up of technology: LEGO Mindstorms, iPhone, and Pownce.
Primitive, yes, but geeks love to make iterative improvements to things. A year from now someone will have something really impressive.
(via Switched)
When “ale” did not mean “beer”
December 29, 2009 - 1:37 PM
Tags: ale, Beer, zythophile
Posted in Beer, History | No comments
“Ale” and “beer” have not always been synonymous. Used to be ale didn’t have hops, for one thing.
Zythophile (a favorite read of mine) offers up a lengthy article on when the two terms merged. It’s not as simple as many think.
Why weren’t stout and porter called ales? This is a reflection, 200 years on, of [...]
40 Random Beers Ratings
March 11, 2009 - 5:45 AM
Tags: Beer, beer ratings, birthday
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Of the 40 beers I received for my birthday I’ve tracked thus far how each has rated against the unofficial Hop-Talk beer rating scale. I am a bit behind on my posts, so the snapshot below is probably from mid-February.
The highest score is a 5, which we have never officially given to a beer, but [...]
Beer is Green
February 3, 2009 - 12:19 PM
Tags: Beer, biofuel, sierra nevada, yeast
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Beer is greener than you might have known. E-Fuel, the maker of the EFuel100 MicroFueler ethanol maker has teamed up with Sierra Nevada to use the left over yeast from the brewing process, called trub, pronounced “trube”, to test the invention. I love it, yet another reason to pour another pint.
E-Fuel last year unveiled [...]
Session #23: What I will NOT miss from 2008
January 2, 2009 - 4:00 AM
Tags: Beer, hops, session, top 5
Posted in Beer, The Session | 2 comments
I don’t want to put a downer on it all, but 2008 was not one of the best years I’ve had. I could swing this as a “looking forward to 2009″, but let’s face it… this is just a “buh-bye” to 2008. For this Session, I’ve put together a top 5 things I will not [...]
Like it Skunky
December 29, 2008 - 6:30 AM
Tags: Beer, lightstruck, skunked
Posted in Beer | 3 comments
I have a friend who actually prefers his beers with that skunky taste. Not overpowering, but likes those easy to drink, slightly skunked, European imports in a green bottle.
Not me, man. I don’t find that skunky taste easy to drink.
He also can’t stand IPA’s… way too much hops for him. But, this is not a [...]
Green Flash
September 8, 2008 - 6:12 AM
Tags: Beer, candy store, green flash, ipa
Posted in Beer, Reviews | 5 comments
I found a new candy store, Oliver’s, the Brew-Crew. It’s not actually new, but new to me and convenient to my new job. It has a bigger selection and carries selections of brews that I have not been ale to find in a long time, like Clipper City Gold Ale, and brews that I have [...]
George Will: Beer is essential
July 21, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, Beer, civilization, essential, george will, inbev, merger
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In his Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post two weeks ago, George F. Will used the (at the time) as yet unaccepted offer from InBev for Anheuser-Busch as seen in Investor’s Business Daily as a lead-in to meander from beer as a staple, to beer as essential to civilization, to beer and its role in [...]
The Asahi Beer Robot
July 9, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: asahi, robot, technology
Posted in Beer, Marketing, Off-topic | No comments
What I want to know is: Does he obey the Three Laws of Robotics?
(via Geeks are Sexy)
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Grape vs. Grain
July 7, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: Beer, charles bamforth, wine
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Charles Bamforth, the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California – Davis has written a book with the idea of illustrating that beer is just as sophisticated, complex, and valuable as wine.
Mike Dunne recently interviewed Professor Bamforth about the book.
Arguing the merits of beer versus wine
Here’s one of my favorite quotes [...]
Thumb drive bottle opener
March 12, 2008 - 4:45 PM
Tags: bottle opener, technology, thumb drive, usb
Posted in Off-topic | 2 comments
Another intersection of beer and technology.
Award-winning German design TrekStor firm appears to be making a combination bottle opener and 8GB USB drive.
Actually, I am in the market for a thumb drive. This might be just what I need.
(via Dowd’s Brews Notebook)
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January 2, 2009 - 10:52 PM
Here’s the question of the day… what kind of beer was that? I’m a fan of technology, being lazy, iPhones, and computers. So… I can appreciate this video.